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researchers have constantly pushed plastic bags have a harmful effect on the environment and wildlife. let's look at where the ban applies. these include grocery stores, convenience stores, pharmacies as well as other shops. the ban does not include restaurants food takeouts or bags used for produce, meat, bulk foods d prescription meds. we want to make note, if you don't have that reusable bag handy starting today here in those san mateo county cities, you will have to pay 10 cents for a paper bag and that fee is going up in 2015. it will go up to 25 cents per paper bag. so it's a good investment to make right now. live in menlo park, cate caugiran, kpix 5. >> by the end of the year, at least 17 cities in san mateo county will have implemented that plastic bag ban. >>> new this morning, it turns out a new waterfront development deal in oakland requires a substantial down payment from taxpayers. our own phil matier reports that to help swing the deal with chinese backing, oakland has agreed to spend about $25 million in unused redevelopment money. that money would be used to buy two p
researchers have constantly pushed plastic bags have a harmful effect on the environment and wildlife. let's look at where the ban applies. these include grocery stores, convenience stores, pharmacies as well as other shops. the ban does not include restaurants food takeouts or bags used for produce, meat, bulk foods d prescription meds. we want to make note, if you don't have that reusable bag handy starting today here in those san mateo county cities, you will have to pay 10 cents for a paper...
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researchers have constantly pushed plastic bass have a harmful effect on our environment and wildlife so here's how the ban will work. it will include grocery stores, convenience stores, pharmacies and other shops. it doesn't include restaurant food takeouts or bags used for produce, meat, bulk foods and prescription meds. now, if you don't have that le you do your grocery shopping plan to pay about 10 cents per paper bag. the good news is i know the city of menlo park will be offering free reusable bags at places likely bay area's or recreation or senior centers. reporting live in menlo park, cate caugiran, kpix 5. >> thank you, cate. by the end of the year 17 cities in san mateo county will have implemented the ban. >>> a new waterfront development dealing in oakland requires a substantial down payment from taxpayers. our own phil matier reports that to help swing the deal with chinese backing, oakland has agreed to spend about $25 million in unused redevelopment money. that money would be used to buy two parcels of land from the signatdevelopment group. >>> coming up, actress reese
researchers have constantly pushed plastic bass have a harmful effect on our environment and wildlife so here's how the ban will work. it will include grocery stores, convenience stores, pharmacies and other shops. it doesn't include restaurant food takeouts or bags used for produce, meat, bulk foods and prescription meds. now, if you don't have that le you do your grocery shopping plan to pay about 10 cents per paper bag. the good news is i know the city of menlo park will be offering free...
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he has to be able to work in different environments and have the drive. >> they look like german shepherds but they're not, correct? >> correct. this is a belgian. they're very similar. dutch shepherd german shepherd and this one. >> i remember the raids carried out on osama bin laden's compound that we learned about a mall inroy. his name was cairo, is that correct? >> that's correct. >> that's the first time i got the sense that wow, these are dogs with elite units. >> absolutely it's something that has. been -- >> what do they do? why is it so critical to have a dog? >> the primary thing for them is bomb detection. to have the ability for a dog to be able to move out in front is priceless. >> and i kept -- when did this start happening? did somebody say let's bring a dog and somebody said that's not a good idea or did somebody say, that is a good idea? >> dogs have been used since man existed but special operations started using them in vietnam and then after that the programs were largely disbanded and after 9/11 it was decided shortly thereafter we need to start using dogs again. >> m
he has to be able to work in different environments and have the drive. >> they look like german shepherds but they're not, correct? >> correct. this is a belgian. they're very similar. dutch shepherd german shepherd and this one. >> i remember the raids carried out on osama bin laden's compound that we learned about a mall inroy. his name was cairo, is that correct? >> that's correct. >> that's the first time i got the sense that wow, these are dogs with elite...
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and millions... are polluting our environment. [ sniffing ] [ seagulls squawking ] for us today. and we're going to leave you remembering the victims of the boston ma thon bombings. captioning sponsored by cbs captioned by media access group at wgbh access.wgbh.org ,,,,,,,,,,
and millions... are polluting our environment. [ sniffing ] [ seagulls squawking ] for us today. and we're going to leave you remembering the victims of the boston ma thon bombings. captioning sponsored by cbs captioned by media access group at wgbh access.wgbh.org ,,,,,,,,,,
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the leaves of the iris are constantly monitoring light environment. they're actually may sewering how long the night is. >> reporter: it has nothing to do with summer. it is all about recognizing... >> the length of the day and the length of the night. >> reporter: this blooming iris was captured in time lapse video by film maker lewis swarsberg. the images show case the wonder of these plants. which can detect and respond to light even color. >> just like we can see red, blue and green, plants can see red, blue and even u.v. light. >> reporter: in some ways plants have a greater spectrum of light. >> they see more than we do. from a plant's point of view we're visually challenged. we only have four or five photo receptors, proteins that can see the light in our bodies. plants have like 13. >> they don't have sense organs in the way that we do. they don't have eyes or ears or noses, but they have receptors. and that's the level at which humans and plants are the same. >> reporter: amy litt is the director of plant-gemomics at the botanical garden. she
the leaves of the iris are constantly monitoring light environment. they're actually may sewering how long the night is. >> reporter: it has nothing to do with summer. it is all about recognizing... >> the length of the day and the length of the night. >> reporter: this blooming iris was captured in time lapse video by film maker lewis swarsberg. the images show case the wonder of these plants. which can detect and respond to light even color. >> just like we can see...
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whether we're going to accept cultural diversity, and all the religious practices that that kind of environment will propagate. >> and let me jump in there to try to- to put it in the framework of the class. that is the difficulty. that is the difficulty, because we have, you know, from an ethical point of view, where we're moved towards an understanding that is inclusive- we're being asked to treat other human beings in a way that is not so self-centered. but both of you, actually, i think are saying very similar things, which is there seems to be a problem in that inherent selfishness finds its way into any culture in any religion. what you're saying, susanna, really strikes me with the law profession, is that if you're- and we're back to the experiential dimension- if you conceive of yourself as the spoke in the wheel, you're the hub, the world revolves around you and everybody else is going to ultimately be after you, then it's very difficult to not take the newspapers, to not want to find a way to get ahead, to jump ahead. but you know, that's the way it is in society. warren, go ahead; yo
whether we're going to accept cultural diversity, and all the religious practices that that kind of environment will propagate. >> and let me jump in there to try to- to put it in the framework of the class. that is the difficulty. that is the difficulty, because we have, you know, from an ethical point of view, where we're moved towards an understanding that is inclusive- we're being asked to treat other human beings in a way that is not so self-centered. but both of you, actually, i...
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there's no requirement that they test their programs before they get put into the live production environment. there's no requirement that they have kill switches in case their cheetah programs go feral. so there's a lot of things that we do need to do that are sort of basic rules of the road for technology. we shouldn't just accept technology blindly, that it's all good, that faster is better, that bigger is better. sometimes it's not. and we saw so yesterday. >> accept more rules if they come down the pike? i know it's an anathema to wall street to add more rules to the equation, but in this case -- >> i'm all for it. the technology has advanced faster than our market structure has moved forward. let me point out a few things, when we had the flash crash, nobody saw that coming, and then we realized human interaction played a big part of that and prevented a bigger problem than there was -- >> in 2010, you're talking about? >> yes. >> may 6th. >> go to the scenario, we had a situation that no one could have predicted happening and humans got involved there and were able to stop the volatili
there's no requirement that they test their programs before they get put into the live production environment. there's no requirement that they have kill switches in case their cheetah programs go feral. so there's a lot of things that we do need to do that are sort of basic rules of the road for technology. we shouldn't just accept technology blindly, that it's all good, that faster is better, that bigger is better. sometimes it's not. and we saw so yesterday. >> accept more rules if...
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to provide real value to you such as saving money, improving energy efficiency, and protecting the environment. so, the green button here we are in san francisco, i can say with some public comfort that pg&e is a signatory to the green button, download my data. and basically you go to the utility website. you can download your own green button data which by itself is, well, i'm an energy guy, an energy geek. i consider with confidence. it is not interesting, necessarily, but when you take your green button data and you give it to some companies, they have amazing things they can do with that green button to, again, save you money. something as simple as if you look at your green button which is kilowatt hours for those that are engineering minded, a line grab if you think about t some companies today can look at your green button and figure out if your refrigerator is broken function need a new air conditioner. that's real money if you think about it at a commercial or industrial scale. that is one data set. to your other question about what is the federal government doing, we're seeking not j
to provide real value to you such as saving money, improving energy efficiency, and protecting the environment. so, the green button here we are in san francisco, i can say with some public comfort that pg&e is a signatory to the green button, download my data. and basically you go to the utility website. you can download your own green button data which by itself is, well, i'm an energy guy, an energy geek. i consider with confidence. it is not interesting, necessarily, but when you take...
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so the environment is about history, human action. and in this but what i tried to do is to show how some of those crosscurrents work. he said sell thing boils down to the final decisive battle but against the indians to have been an extremely aggressive northern plains tribe who had been the ones first to master horses and had arranged absolutely right through the yellowstone country hunting in the fire all, for example. once there were dealt with the exploration could continue, but one last cautionary note goes back to the question of prison. i think it is very easy when people look at this book at first glance to say this is an expose of the dark side of yellowstone. it's not. often oversimplified. if you deal with men in that time in that place in history from part of that complexity for almost all, they would have been pumping out editorials for the east coast papers denouncing the brutality of the army. when they got their violence became woven into the up to recover their lives. it has dark elements in it but it is not an attem
so the environment is about history, human action. and in this but what i tried to do is to show how some of those crosscurrents work. he said sell thing boils down to the final decisive battle but against the indians to have been an extremely aggressive northern plains tribe who had been the ones first to master horses and had arranged absolutely right through the yellowstone country hunting in the fire all, for example. once there were dealt with the exploration could continue, but one last...
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obviously, keeping the environment chemicals down out of the environment filtering if you will with the rain. >> officials on the ground said they remain optimistic and still in search and rescue mode. going building to building to find survivors. large slots of a neighborhood decimated by the explosion last night. >> developing news of san francisco as we continue to look at what happened earlier this morning where there was this package found near lottas just before commemoration of the 1906 earthquake. will tran as a store for san francisco. >> they still have the 1906 earthquake commemoration but not the usual place. at lottas fountain here's why. at 315 in the morning the bomb squad arrived because someone called in after noticing a suspicious package that police came down, obviously thinking about what happened in boston they set out of mothballs and robots. they went to an area across the street from lotd fttas thousand. they discovered that someone wearing dark clothing had left a bag. the or unable to find the suspect. our route for 30- 5:00 a.m. the morning because of so many
obviously, keeping the environment chemicals down out of the environment filtering if you will with the rain. >> officials on the ground said they remain optimistic and still in search and rescue mode. going building to building to find survivors. large slots of a neighborhood decimated by the explosion last night. >> developing news of san francisco as we continue to look at what happened earlier this morning where there was this package found near lottas just before commemoration...
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we want to create the kind of business environment that will make people want to work here. >> reporter: despite the competition, many of the visitors from japan became interested in coming to brazil. >> translator: the more i learn, the harder it seems to do business here. but i think brazil has huge potential as a market. >> reporter: the competition for labor is starting to spread into more and more rural areas in brazil. but that's unlikely to discourage japanese companies from investing in this rapidly expanding economy. nhk world. >>> let's now get another check of the market figures. >>> crews at the damaged fukushima daiichi nuclear plant in japan have started work on a project to stop highly contaminated water from escaping into the environment. tokyo electric power company workers discovered three of seven underground storage pools are leaking. tepco officials believe pools one and two may be leaking the most. so they're placing priority on draining them. on tuesday, workers started transferring about 20 tons of water per hour from pool two to an above ground tank more than 40
we want to create the kind of business environment that will make people want to work here. >> reporter: despite the competition, many of the visitors from japan became interested in coming to brazil. >> translator: the more i learn, the harder it seems to do business here. but i think brazil has huge potential as a market. >> reporter: the competition for labor is starting to spread into more and more rural areas in brazil. but that's unlikely to discourage japanese companies...
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they are very active in this cold environment. earlier this year, the indians were a little bit challenged. this clearly opened up the window for them. lori: let's talk about some of these gold mining stocks. a lot of people were concerned about the gold mining companies. getting back to your discussion with me on production costs versus -- do you think they are on a more bullish trajectory? >> i think we are getting a realignment that is a positive for the industry. lori: would you put new money into shares? >> not a position for us. lori: i appreciate your take. thank you. melissa: will the deadly boston terror attack change the tone? stephen moore is here. lori: let's take a look at who is moving the markets. they are all higher at the moment. all 30 issues. the dow itself, the index up 100 or virginia points. we will be right back. ♪ . .. . .. melissa: time for stocks now as we do every 15 minutes. let's head to the floor of the new york stock exchange. our own nicole petallides is standing by. nicole, stocks are in rally mo
they are very active in this cold environment. earlier this year, the indians were a little bit challenged. this clearly opened up the window for them. lori: let's talk about some of these gold mining stocks. a lot of people were concerned about the gold mining companies. getting back to your discussion with me on production costs versus -- do you think they are on a more bullish trajectory? >> i think we are getting a realignment that is a positive for the industry. lori: would you put...
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think that the aerial study should be work environment to a public environment, and transformation of gender relations. >> finished the group of women who have come to talk to us. there werealking about details, really learning lessons which they had to because the boys will be boys really doesn't work too well for girls. >> that assumption. >> right. yes. yes. >> sent you very much. i really enjoyed listening. mobilizing people across the country. i work for the who. and they'd have a discussions about whether here in washington they should have a separate gender limits focus on issues of gender equality or whether that is just something for each department. the decision ultimately may never change. once i was to have a separate gender. but the biggest issues and let america was working with. as is said, the attitude among at least the americans, where much about the latin motto man. go home and make dinner. enforcement and particularly with in court. >> okay. the first re of a question. >> yes. a separate gender. that has been debated for a long time. i think i belong to the develop
think that the aerial study should be work environment to a public environment, and transformation of gender relations. >> finished the group of women who have come to talk to us. there werealking about details, really learning lessons which they had to because the boys will be boys really doesn't work too well for girls. >> that assumption. >> right. yes. yes. >> sent you very much. i really enjoyed listening. mobilizing people across the country. i work for the who....
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these families are struggling to try to find a way make a living, find jobs and a tough environment. they cannot afford to move out to the suburbs or go to a private school. a lifeline. what they want to do is cut off the lifeline and cast these dra. very unfair, and people should be outraged. gerri: to follow-up on your idea, there was a big teachers' strike not too long ago. guess which ticket -- teachers showed up to work? the people at the charter schools. thank you for coming on. great topic. great information. appreciate your time. of course, we always want to know what you think. here is our question. should you miss the end of our education system? log on to gerriwillis.com. but on the right hand side of the screen now will share the results. coming up, two new editions. social media can boost the bottom line. new survey sow's that may not be the case. our panel weighs in next. ♪ all stations come over to mission a for a final go. this is for real this time. step seven point two one two. rify and lock. command is locked. five seconds. three, two, one. standing by for captur
these families are struggling to try to find a way make a living, find jobs and a tough environment. they cannot afford to move out to the suburbs or go to a private school. a lifeline. what they want to do is cut off the lifeline and cast these dra. very unfair, and people should be outraged. gerri: to follow-up on your idea, there was a big teachers' strike not too long ago. guess which ticket -- teachers showed up to work? the people at the charter schools. thank you for coming on. great...
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custody in the post 9/11 environment the state department is characterized the same treatment as torture, abuse or cruel treatment with the techniques were employed by foreign governments. the cia recognized this in an internal review and acknowledged many of the interrogation techniques were inconsistent with the public policy positions the united states has taken regarding human rights. the united states is understandably subject to criticism when they criticize another nation for engaging in torture and the unjustified same conduct under national security arguments. there are those that defend the techniques of waterboarding, stress positions and sleep deprivation because there was the office of legal counsel which issued a decision of proving of their use because they defined them as not being tortured. those opinions have since been repudiated by legal experts and even if its opinion it relies on a very legal definition of torture but also on factual representations about how the techniques of would be implemented that later proved inaccurate. this is an important context as to how
custody in the post 9/11 environment the state department is characterized the same treatment as torture, abuse or cruel treatment with the techniques were employed by foreign governments. the cia recognized this in an internal review and acknowledged many of the interrogation techniques were inconsistent with the public policy positions the united states has taken regarding human rights. the united states is understandably subject to criticism when they criticize another nation for engaging in...
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we have to show that our environment is conducive to business and that we have the obvious workforce." perry's appearance follows a week-long series of radio and print ads in chicago costing $80,000 and paid for by a texas marketing group promoting texas as a better place for business than illinois. "the private sector gets to keep more of its money, and that's what makes the quality of life a draw for biotech companies." perry is hardly the only suitor trying to catch biotech's eye. in fact, nearly every state and a lot of countries have set up booths at the convention. as an industry, biotech is bouncing back. twelve biotechs went public last year. the head of one of them, san diego-based regulus therapeutics, predicts as many as 20 may go public this year on the calculated risk for a payoff with fda approval. "it is a very big reward if you bring your drug to market." more reason for investors to take a look at bio-tech: many analysts report a shift that's happening at the fda toward fast-tracking some drug development. one of them announced this week by another recent biotech ipo,
we have to show that our environment is conducive to business and that we have the obvious workforce." perry's appearance follows a week-long series of radio and print ads in chicago costing $80,000 and paid for by a texas marketing group promoting texas as a better place for business than illinois. "the private sector gets to keep more of its money, and that's what makes the quality of life a draw for biotech companies." perry is hardly the only suitor trying to catch biotech's...
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but that is sort of the way it has, that the environment now down there. is that deal of theirs between the two of them something that is going move forward as legislation? that will be taken seriously by both parties? >> i think it will be taken seriously. i don't know if it will pass or not. we should be focusing on prosecuting and punishing and preventing violent criminals. and we should be safeguarding the constitutional rights of law-abiding citizens. all of us were horrified by what happened at sandyhook. i have two children at home and to parent could see chirp senselessly murdered and not be anything but speechless and just taken aback at the depravity and the hor are of it. but it's sad so many politicians are trying to take advantage of the tragedy not to take legislation to target violent criminals but working to take away the second amendment right to keep an bear arms of the law abiding peaceful citizens. let me tell you something interesting most people don't know -- >> lou: senator, could i to this. take this opportunity to go to break very
but that is sort of the way it has, that the environment now down there. is that deal of theirs between the two of them something that is going move forward as legislation? that will be taken seriously by both parties? >> i think it will be taken seriously. i don't know if it will pass or not. we should be focusing on prosecuting and punishing and preventing violent criminals. and we should be safeguarding the constitutional rights of law-abiding citizens. all of us were horrified by what...
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you think about it, they are not even the environment. things like flavoring because we made energy chief: it became impossible to get rid of slavery. john: slow down, how did cheap energy and slavery? >> because you use machines instead of people. it actually on the whole undermines getting cheap eney,
you think about it, they are not even the environment. things like flavoring because we made energy chief: it became impossible to get rid of slavery. john: slow down, how did cheap energy and slavery? >> because you use machines instead of people. it actually on the whole undermines getting cheap eney,
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makes sense for both parties to get together in this environment. tracy: tough sell for a bank to make a 30-year loan at these low rates. they will not make money off me if i lock them in at 3%? >> that is why the majority of the mortgage loans are sold back to fannie and freddie and created as securities and dumped. banks can't manage that. you do not get a 30-year deposit. tracy: sure. >> better for them to sell them. absolutely right. the margins are not there to create robust margins. tracy: quickly talk about what you like and don't like. you run a long short fund. what do you like now? >> i like guys that return a lot of capital, trade in low dividends. increase the buybacks. i like regions. regions is a big position for me, rf. they reported earnings today. they beat. phe numbers are a little low as far as the treat street has for them. they have earnings headwinds and buybacks. that is straight return of capital story. on smaller banks --. tracy: you like citi as well. what on the other side what don't you like? what are you staying away fro
makes sense for both parties to get together in this environment. tracy: tough sell for a bank to make a 30-year loan at these low rates. they will not make money off me if i lock them in at 3%? >> that is why the majority of the mortgage loans are sold back to fannie and freddie and created as securities and dumped. banks can't manage that. you do not get a 30-year deposit. tracy: sure. >> better for them to sell them. absolutely right. the margins are not there to create robust...
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we are living in a very different country, we are living in a very different environment where it is no longer patriotism and love and family, it is not terrorists and hate. we have toounderstand that. we have to say we are in fact committed to our liberties and freedom, but you know, the people also deserve to be safe in their neighborhoods and homes. melissa: you think we have to figure out what to do from here, how to live differently, what should have been the indifferently for something like this not happen? >> we have many students in boston. they get here on a student visa from countries all across the world and we are happy about that but once they get here they don't return. many of them don't return and they stay here for 6 years, they marry and become permanent citizens and we don't know if these two young men from chechnya, i know what that places like. i have seen violence in belfast and all these places where i have been, as a diplomat and an ambassador. the other thing is i always -- at the marathon and walking up the street and saw hundreds and hundreds of young peopl
we are living in a very different country, we are living in a very different environment where it is no longer patriotism and love and family, it is not terrorists and hate. we have toounderstand that. we have to say we are in fact committed to our liberties and freedom, but you know, the people also deserve to be safe in their neighborhoods and homes. melissa: you think we have to figure out what to do from here, how to live differently, what should have been the indifferently for something...
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about being aware of your environment. if it looks unusual. tell something abit. a -- about it. >> best advice. don't let them affect your life. go back and live your life. >> live your life. when you compromise how you live that gives them a victory. as painful as it is to day. you can't let them succeed by us changing the norm and how we live. can't let them win. no victories. >> i think the last point is so important. you can't let them win. can't say i will not go to the ball game because of what if? that's what they want. >> that's what they want. they want you to stay home and watch this coverage and be too scared to do anything. you have to go out and live your life. important clues, for as chaotic as that look. there are important clues of behind the -- >> the injured. if anybody has hand injuries. some one could be using bomb make mag terl and residue on their hants. >> this shrapnel and things that could have come from the device itself. >> that's right. and pierre thomas is reporting what they want to see is how was it detonated, remotely detona detonat
about being aware of your environment. if it looks unusual. tell something abit. a -- about it. >> best advice. don't let them affect your life. go back and live your life. >> live your life. when you compromise how you live that gives them a victory. as painful as it is to day. you can't let them succeed by us changing the norm and how we live. can't let them win. no victories. >> i think the last point is so important. you can't let them win. can't say i will not go to the...
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crews will pump any contaminated water they collect back no the fool minimize damage to the environment. tepco officials say the volume of contaminated water is increasing by about 400 tons per day. they'll no longer use the underground storage pools and plan to install more above ground tanks. they're working on a way to deacon tam nate the water. currently only two of japan's reactors are on line and generating power. a group of citizens has been waging a battle to shut those down. a japanese court ruled there wasn't enough evidence showing the nuclear plant poses a risk. nhk reports. >> reporter: the plaintiffs in this case had hoped for a legal victory. now they're coming to terms with their loss. >> translator: the court decision is really regrettable. >> reporter: the case centers on the plant in fukui prefecture. the operator restarted two reactors there last august. engineers said computer simulations showed the units would be able to sustain a major earthquake. but some residents weren't convinced. more than 260 of them filed an injunction to force the utility to stop the react
crews will pump any contaminated water they collect back no the fool minimize damage to the environment. tepco officials say the volume of contaminated water is increasing by about 400 tons per day. they'll no longer use the underground storage pools and plan to install more above ground tanks. they're working on a way to deacon tam nate the water. currently only two of japan's reactors are on line and generating power. a group of citizens has been waging a battle to shut those down. a japanese...
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but that is sort of the way it has, that the environment now down there. is that deal of theirs between the two of them something that is going move forward as legislation? that will be taken seriously by both parties? >> i think it will be taken seriously. i don't know if it will pass or not. we should be focusing on prosecuting and punishing and preventing violent criminals. and we should be safeguarding the constitutional rights of law-abiding citizens. all of us were horrified by what happened at sandyhook. i have two children at home and to parent could see chirp senselessly murdered and not be anything but speechless and just taken aback at the depravity and the hor are of it. but it's sad so many politicians are trying to take advantage of the tragedy not to take legislation to target violent criminals but working to take away the second amendment right to keep an bear arms of the law abiding peaceful citizens. let me tell you something interesting most people don't know -- >> lou: senator, could i to this. take this opportunity to go to break very
but that is sort of the way it has, that the environment now down there. is that deal of theirs between the two of them something that is going move forward as legislation? that will be taken seriously by both parties? >> i think it will be taken seriously. i don't know if it will pass or not. we should be focusing on prosecuting and punishing and preventing violent criminals. and we should be safeguarding the constitutional rights of law-abiding citizens. all of us were horrified by what...
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our pension fund should divest fossil fuels polluting our environment . invest in the energy sources of the future again thank you to supervisor avalos and the many richmond district residents and people throughout the city who have supported this. >> president chiu: supervisor cohen. >> supervisor cohen: as a public service announcement i want to bring attention that i am the board appointee to the san francisco retirement board. i will continue to carry your wishes on this board but i wanted to manage the expectations that this is a nonbinding resolution; a statement of this body asking and urging the retirement board, of which there are six other members to take this under consideration and also want to know is that there is a very thoughtful, but fairly long and drawnout process, the divestment process to begin this process. and i will be making an appointment to talk with each of you to talk about the divestment process and to make myself available to you and answer questions that you may have on how we can begin to move this particular policy . agen
our pension fund should divest fossil fuels polluting our environment . invest in the energy sources of the future again thank you to supervisor avalos and the many richmond district residents and people throughout the city who have supported this. >> president chiu: supervisor cohen. >> supervisor cohen: as a public service announcement i want to bring attention that i am the board appointee to the san francisco retirement board. i will continue to carry your wishes on this board...
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they have started work on a project to stop the contaminated water from escaping into the environment. workers for tokyo electric power company discovered three of seven underground storage pools are leaking. tepco officials believe pools one and two may be leak being the most. so they're placing priority on training them. on tuesday workers started transferring with 20 tons per hour from pool two to an above ground tank more than 400 meters away. officials say the process will be long. they plan to step up monitoring to make sure no water escapes during transfer. they estimate they'll be able to move more than 23,000 tons of contaminated water by early june. but the underground pools will continue to leak during the operation. crews will pump any contaminated water they collect back no the fool minimize damage to the environment. tepco officials say the volume of contaminated water is increasing by about 400 tons per day. they'll no longer use the underground storage pools and plan to install more above ground tanks. they're working on finding a way to decontaminate the water. >>> cu
they have started work on a project to stop the contaminated water from escaping into the environment. workers for tokyo electric power company discovered three of seven underground storage pools are leaking. tepco officials believe pools one and two may be leak being the most. so they're placing priority on training them. on tuesday workers started transferring with 20 tons per hour from pool two to an above ground tank more than 400 meters away. officials say the process will be long. they...
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we want to create the kind of business environment that will make people want to work here. >> despite the competition, many of the visitors from japan became interested in coming to brazil. >> translator: the more i learn, the harder is seems to do business here, but i think there is huge potential. >> the competition is spreading, but that's unlikely to discourage companies from expanding in this economy. >>> a "new york times" reporter in china has won journalism's highest honor. david barboza was awarded the pull lit -- pulitzer prize for exposing the hidden wealth of the family of china's former premier. new york's columbia university announced the winners of the award on monday. the pulitzer also covers literature, drama and music. barboza reported that relatives of then-premier wen jiabao had secretly amassed billions of bars. the judges praised his exposure of corruption. they noted he published his work despite heavy pressure from chinese officials. wen's family denied the report. the chinese government also criticized it. "the new york times" also won a pulitzer or reporting
we want to create the kind of business environment that will make people want to work here. >> despite the competition, many of the visitors from japan became interested in coming to brazil. >> translator: the more i learn, the harder is seems to do business here, but i think there is huge potential. >> the competition is spreading, but that's unlikely to discourage companies from expanding in this economy. >>> a "new york times" reporter in china has won...
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bank of america became some of the highlighting in a low-rate environment. sf servicing more loans and making less money from them. a report card for the good and the bad of the fed's low rates! the housing market, especially mortgage borrowers, have been the biggest beneficiary that began in 2008. close to 20 million mortgages have been refinanced since then. mortgage applications were up about 5% last week and the mortgage banker's association says the purchase index is at its highest level in two years. >> homes are just incredibly affordable because of these very low rate that is have been there to push down interest rates. >> low interest rates are getting consumerinto auto-showrooms. new car sales could top $15 million this year and negotia negotiating monthly payments that take away much of the new car sticker shock. both consumers and businesses are paying off or refinancing debt. consumer refinancing is at its lowest level in a decade. approximately $70,000 per household. >> we've seen corporations clean up their balance sheets even more so. they've
bank of america became some of the highlighting in a low-rate environment. sf servicing more loans and making less money from them. a report card for the good and the bad of the fed's low rates! the housing market, especially mortgage borrowers, have been the biggest beneficiary that began in 2008. close to 20 million mortgages have been refinanced since then. mortgage applications were up about 5% last week and the mortgage banker's association says the purchase index is at its highest level...
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grace, economic environment, more challenging than we had planned. and ethan allen whose conference call is going on as we speak now. lots of excuses, easter, passover, sandy. but this nugget i found intriguing, lower shipments to our retailer in china. this has always been a pride -- >> international sales. >> they're made in the u.s. and sell to china. on the call just now, the ceo said, you know, these chinese companies, the chinese recently had accumulated inventory, that was planned and unplanned, very interesting choice of words. in anticipation of higher sales and opening more stores. that hasn't happened so far. is that saying something about china or saying something about the business model of ethan allen as it pertains to china. >> yeah. third quarter we should note is the season slowest for ethan allen. weren't expecting too much by way of strength. but you've got to -- fair disclosure here, spend a lot of money at ethan allen. >> they loss -- didn't make it this quarter. >> spending money on ethan allen personally through purchases. >> t
grace, economic environment, more challenging than we had planned. and ethan allen whose conference call is going on as we speak now. lots of excuses, easter, passover, sandy. but this nugget i found intriguing, lower shipments to our retailer in china. this has always been a pride -- >> international sales. >> they're made in the u.s. and sell to china. on the call just now, the ceo said, you know, these chinese companies, the chinese recently had accumulated inventory, that was...
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>> gold i think is a little bit more tricky in this kind of environment. because the shake out that we've seen will sort of dent sentiment on a multi month basis going forward. so i think we sort of tend to prefer things such as bunds where we see 10-year bund yields coming down to below 1 is% in the next six months. treasuries where we sort of see this combined with the continued fed qe purchases producing a move down to 11 is.3% yield. so i think those are the kind of clearer plays that exit in this type of environment. >>> and just talk about spanish bond markets. six-month t bill, it's 0.82 on march 12th. i'm looking for the 12-month yield. 1.274, 1.4%, so t-bill is still coming lower, michael. >> that very much reflects current market conditions and the liquidity phase that we've been in in global markets. this can probably carry for another week or two, but then i think increasingly as we sort of get into the spring and see the economic data continue to remain completely stuck in recession for europe, questions are going to start to be raised and i t
>> gold i think is a little bit more tricky in this kind of environment. because the shake out that we've seen will sort of dent sentiment on a multi month basis going forward. so i think we sort of tend to prefer things such as bunds where we see 10-year bund yields coming down to below 1 is% in the next six months. treasuries where we sort of see this combined with the continued fed qe purchases producing a move down to 11 is.3% yield. so i think those are the kind of clearer plays that...
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we will shine the spotlight on issues related to the environment. go green campaign now in its sixth year. it educates consumers on how their own behavior affects the state of the planet. we have been watching futures this morning. they are sharply higher after watching what was the worst week for the markets in many, many months last week. dow up 60 points above fair value. our guest host is gary kaminsky. and morgan stanley wealth management. we will hear from both of them. we will get the numbers from caterpillar. looking for $1.40 a share on $13.7 billion. an hour from now we will ask caterpillar ceo of about the heavy equipment maker's quarter. it tells you an awful lot what they are sewing in the global economy. and boeing could get formal approval to return the grounded 787 jet to the air. the battery system is the issue that caused it to be taken out of service in the first place. gas prices are continuing to drive. the latest lumberg survey shows prices down 11 cents the last two weeks. and the average price of regular gasoline is now $3.54
we will shine the spotlight on issues related to the environment. go green campaign now in its sixth year. it educates consumers on how their own behavior affects the state of the planet. we have been watching futures this morning. they are sharply higher after watching what was the worst week for the markets in many, many months last week. dow up 60 points above fair value. our guest host is gary kaminsky. and morgan stanley wealth management. we will hear from both of them. we will get the...
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leader if you fre the artillery which would be devastating effect on south korea and the seoul and environ that will be the result? do we hae a docrine that says instead of there would be assured destruction? for north korea if they were to carry out such an attack? >> our plans here are solid. they get updated continuously, because we have capability improvement. but make no mistake about it, we would be all in with the air power and the land forces. ewith would counter by invading north korea. we would go to the jugular as quickly as we can. with airpower, where the seat of power is and systematically take the rime down once and for all. if the invation it would take police and encouner the invation first and simultaneously while we are doing that, we'd gawk up on him in terms of the commander and central system, artillery and logistical infrastructure and take regime down. >> lou: are you still confident a conflict can be avoided? >> guest: yeah, i am. as i said went to know for sure but i think he will probablfire a missile. and i suspect the exercises are about to end at theend of mon
leader if you fre the artillery which would be devastating effect on south korea and the seoul and environ that will be the result? do we hae a docrine that says instead of there would be assured destruction? for north korea if they were to carry out such an attack? >> our plans here are solid. they get updated continuously, because we have capability improvement. but make no mistake about it, we would be all in with the air power and the land forces. ewith would counter by invading north...
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in those environments, gold does very well. you have the goldman sachs downgrade. you have people picking sides. then you have the slowing chinese debt. i think that really hits the market all at once. that led to margins being that and they continue to tumble downwards. dagen: talk about the difference you are seeing in behavior. are you seeing any selling among those physical gold owners? >> not as dramatic of a difference. we are a precious metals platform. on friday and monday, we had four to five times as many body and sell orders. we have done our own research. i think that plays into my point. it is somewhat reminiscent to what happened to apple. in the paper market, you have a dramatic selloff. in the physical market, the demand is very, very strong. connell: let's follow up on that. let's talk about apple. the big game for the dollar versus the euro. is that part of the case you make for gold? >> i think part of the reason is for safety. in times like this, i think now is a fantastic entry point. it is certainly better than two weeks ago. it is uncorrelate
in those environments, gold does very well. you have the goldman sachs downgrade. you have people picking sides. then you have the slowing chinese debt. i think that really hits the market all at once. that led to margins being that and they continue to tumble downwards. dagen: talk about the difference you are seeing in behavior. are you seeing any selling among those physical gold owners? >> not as dramatic of a difference. we are a precious metals platform. on friday and monday, we had...
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and protect the health and environment that i'm in panic because the mining will destroy our clean air and clean water part of the problem is the process used to extract and purify gold and other metals which critics say will lead contamination by cyanide and other chemicals this method. results in getting the metals from the office all of that metals the majority of them and live in there with a lot of that is it to us as we travel up into the hills where forest has already been cleared the mining company security trails us persuade. the stock goes up you do that with security and locals are you arguing that this is a checkpoint they don't want us to film we want to pass honest public roads but i don't this show was about television to between the locals and finding good idea of the good of. tensions indeed the locals have destroyed some of the company's heavy machinery and ransacked the police station police have raided homes in the middle of the night to arrest suspects and fired tear gas at protesters but they. there is as much support for eldorado here is criticism both from the g
and protect the health and environment that i'm in panic because the mining will destroy our clean air and clean water part of the problem is the process used to extract and purify gold and other metals which critics say will lead contamination by cyanide and other chemicals this method. results in getting the metals from the office all of that metals the majority of them and live in there with a lot of that is it to us as we travel up into the hills where forest has already been cleared the...
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we want to save the environment. everybody wants to save the environment. up to 20% of your energy bills at the same time. here's the opportunity. try the world's first learning thermostat. for those who don't know about nest this is one of the very cool products out there. you say you're about to buy one. >> yeah. i like the fact that it learns. it knows what your tendencies are. it's 70 degrees. it goes to 63 at night. you don't have to mess with it. it's less work. >> you're teaming up with energy companies. >> what is learning thermostat? what we do is we watch your patterns. you just turn it up at night, turn it down to when you go to work and what have you. through those patterns, after three or four days, we have learned your schedule. and we program it. so you don't have to program the thermostat yourself. only 11% of the quarter billion thermostats are actually programmed to save any energy because they're too difficult to use. so we just learned based on the adjustments. >> it learns by the temperature you put in. it might have a sensors and knows
we want to save the environment. everybody wants to save the environment. up to 20% of your energy bills at the same time. here's the opportunity. try the world's first learning thermostat. for those who don't know about nest this is one of the very cool products out there. you say you're about to buy one. >> yeah. i like the fact that it learns. it knows what your tendencies are. it's 70 degrees. it goes to 63 at night. you don't have to mess with it. it's less work. >> you're...
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but that is sort of the way it has, that the environment now down there. is that deal of theirs between e two of them something that is going move forward as legislation? that will be taken seriously by both parties? >> i think it will be taken seriously. i don't know if it will pass or not. we should be focusing on prosecuting and unishing and preventing violent criminals. and we should be safeguarding the constitutional rights of law-abiding citizens. all of us were horrified by what happened at sandyhook. i have two children at home and to parent could see chirp senselessly murdered and not be anything but speechless and just taken aback at the depravity and the hor are of it. but it's sad so many politicians are trying to take advantage of the tragedy not to take legislation to target violent criminals but working to take away the second amendment right to keep an bear arms of the law abiding peaceful citizens. let me tell you something interesting most people don't know -- >> lou: senator, could i to this. take this opportunity to go to break very qui
but that is sort of the way it has, that the environment now down there. is that deal of theirs between e two of them something that is going move forward as legislation? that will be taken seriously by both parties? >> i think it will be taken seriously. i don't know if it will pass or not. we should be focusing on prosecuting and unishing and preventing violent criminals. and we should be safeguarding the constitutional rights of law-abiding citizens. all of us were horrified by what...
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but in this environment, we're going to have to start doing all that. you're a form business guy, i'm a former business guy. there's ways that we can bring down some costs without i think impacting readiness. and these are things that we need to seriously get involved in, in the coming months, if we're going to get ahold of this issue. i appreciate your response, mr. secretary. >> congressman, thank you. i'll respond here very quickly to each of your points. i'm going to ask the comptroller to specifically address the civilian work force issue because that work force is coming down, the projections as well, for reasons here that the comptroller will address. but acquisitions. the g.a.o. recently released a eport that was assessing our acquisition programs and processes, which was actually pretty favorable to the efforts and the work that is being done and has been done. we have a long way to go. we recognize that for the reasons that you noted. something that the current deputy secretary started when he was the undersecretary for acquisitions, best buy
but in this environment, we're going to have to start doing all that. you're a form business guy, i'm a former business guy. there's ways that we can bring down some costs without i think impacting readiness. and these are things that we need to seriously get involved in, in the coming months, if we're going to get ahold of this issue. i appreciate your response, mr. secretary. >> congressman, thank you. i'll respond here very quickly to each of your points. i'm going to ask the...
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are these countries conscious of what is being done to the environment? >> well, they r. i know from my close contact with people in the chinese government, for example, but they've had some bigger fish to fry in many of these emerging markets. firstly, feeding their people. so as that starts to happen and you get on with mazlov's hierarchy of needs, foods, clothing, shelter, they turn immediately onto the environments. so i'm noticing a big conscience out there. but they have government's limited resources. >> let's talk about the quarter. because when you came on last time, you said, "what keeps me up at night is germany. it was 60% of our province now." in your conference call, i'm pointing it out because you make the point, you were unhappy with germany, this turned out to create sleepless nights. >> more specifically, i was used to be worried about germany in the mid-'90s when they were 60% of our profits. i outlined on our conference call this morning, we have 15 markets na are the drivers of our business right now. so just like many of the portfolio managers, you c
are these countries conscious of what is being done to the environment? >> well, they r. i know from my close contact with people in the chinese government, for example, but they've had some bigger fish to fry in many of these emerging markets. firstly, feeding their people. so as that starts to happen and you get on with mazlov's hierarchy of needs, foods, clothing, shelter, they turn immediately onto the environments. so i'm noticing a big conscience out there. but they have...
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you think about , they are not even the environment. things like flavoring because we made energy chief: it became impossible to get rid of slavery. john: slow down, how did cheap energy and slavery? >> because you use machines instead of people. itactually on the whole undermines getting cheap energy, yo
you think about , they are not even the environment. things like flavoring because we made energy chief: it became impossible to get rid of slavery. john: slow down, how did cheap energy and slavery? >> because you use machines instead of people. itactually on the whole undermines getting cheap energy, yo
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>> when you go into an environment like this, first, you want to say am i indoors, outdoor, this is an outdoor event. where am i standing? are there trash cans near me? is there a mailbox near me? that can be a someplace where somebody can conceal a device. don't stand there. is there glass around me? get away from that, stand near a structure that's concrete, steel, brick. even if the blast is from a distance, the blast wave can shatter all that glass and severely injure or possible kill. >> do you need to be thinking about that? >> it's such a weird thing to think about. >> on a day when you're celebrating, you're not thinking about this. >> you should think about this all the time. wherever you go. whether it's a movie theater, the school, the mall. >> is it our new reality? and is it going to get worse? >> i think this is reality and i think that you should do this, it takes a few minutes, any place you go, what do i do if this happens. >> what do you think it does to your psyche? there are some people, i get it, you live your life afraid. like oh my god, something bad's around the
>> when you go into an environment like this, first, you want to say am i indoors, outdoor, this is an outdoor event. where am i standing? are there trash cans near me? is there a mailbox near me? that can be a someplace where somebody can conceal a device. don't stand there. is there glass around me? get away from that, stand near a structure that's concrete, steel, brick. even if the blast is from a distance, the blast wave can shatter all that glass and severely injure or possible...
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demonstrators spoke out against the stress of the environment and public health. among the protested the proposed key pipeline and pollution in low income community. all day we have been sweating out. our meteorologist rosemary is here. >> we have several and today is think i think is going to be the hottest day. let's take a look at some of the numbers from today. areas like oakland and san francisco broke the record. 88 in mountain view, all those in orange records set today. and i have to say, i want you to keep in mind there are many communities where the national weather service does not keep track of the record. so i am sure there are communities out there that probably topped it had record today but we just don't have that information. 74 in napa right now. it's still a nice evening out there. for some it's still a summer night. half hour until the sun set so we are on our way into a mild evening but i am beginning to see a change in the weather pattern. take a look here. we have had this northerly westg the fog out of the area. take a look. we got the surg
demonstrators spoke out against the stress of the environment and public health. among the protested the proposed key pipeline and pollution in low income community. all day we have been sweating out. our meteorologist rosemary is here. >> we have several and today is think i think is going to be the hottest day. let's take a look at some of the numbers from today. areas like oakland and san francisco broke the record. 88 in mountain view, all those in orange records set today. and i have...
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boston properties is a great organization with strong commitment to excellence and environment. and let me give you one example of that. this building will be the first that i know of that will be able to introduce 100 percent fresh air on every floor creating a sustainability and lowering the energy requirements of any building in the united states or the world. [ applause ] so thank you, mark, for helping us on that and i think that we have been in this community since the late 70s and we've developed some 9 million square foot and it's wonderful to be part of the pride of san francisco, but also this tower will be part of an initiative of our country which is to move closer and into pacific. i don't know if you know it, but this will have almost a not quite a twin, but in hong kong, the hong kong monetary authority, you will have 2 towers by cesar pally looking to one of our major initiatives of our country in the next 15 years which is the pacific. so, we will be the brother of the sister in hong kong. so i want to thank each of you for the help and the journey that we
boston properties is a great organization with strong commitment to excellence and environment. and let me give you one example of that. this building will be the first that i know of that will be able to introduce 100 percent fresh air on every floor creating a sustainability and lowering the energy requirements of any building in the united states or the world. [ applause ] so thank you, mark, for helping us on that and i think that we have been in this community since the late 70s and we've...
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holiday to highlight the various efforts worldwide that are taken each and every day to protect our environment including efforts like timbs which sent him to prison today earth day is celebrated in over one hundred ninety nations worldwide and the number grows larger each year unfortunately as the years have gone by the true meaning of earth day has become blurred by corporate power and by our society's toxic addiction to the fossil fuels that are polluting our environment and hastening the process of climate change while we have made some strides in fighting back against the greatest threat to our planet has ever faced we still rely far too much on sources of energy that are not only dirty but that are rooted millions of years ago in our planet's history there is any hope of preventing a complete environmental catastrophe we need to stop relying on dirty fossil fuels now and step out of the age of the dinosaurs and that doesn't mean just putting pressure on our government officials but also taking upon ourselves to fight on behalf of our shared planet and that is the subject of tonight's dail
holiday to highlight the various efforts worldwide that are taken each and every day to protect our environment including efforts like timbs which sent him to prison today earth day is celebrated in over one hundred ninety nations worldwide and the number grows larger each year unfortunately as the years have gone by the true meaning of earth day has become blurred by corporate power and by our society's toxic addiction to the fossil fuels that are polluting our environment and hastening the...